DeathBeNotProud

Death Be Not Proud (John Gunther)

  • Average overall. Quick read.
  • A couple of nurses asked us with the deadly casualness that nurses have, "Is he your only child?"
  • The trouble with science fiction is that its bad fiction and no science.
  • Before every act – ask yourself if that is what you want to do.
  • Death always brings one suddenly face to face with life. Nothing, not even the birth of ones child, brings one so close to life as his death.
  • Today, when I see parents impatient or tired or bored with their children, I which I could say to them, But they are alive, think of the wonder of that! They may be a care and a burden, but think, they are alive! You can touch them – what a miracle.

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